Here in Oz we are due a feral erection by May at the latest.
Today the leader of the feral opposition came out with a story.
I say story because he obviously has not shown this to any one with common sense, but than again where would he find such in politics.

His plan is this.

A private company will build 12 ships all to be crewed by Australians.

These ships will carry all the goods we now import such as oil, fuel and many other items of need.
They will also be converted to use in the case of conflict with another nation.

This he says will end our reliance on foreign crewed ships who pay a lower rate of pay.

Dig deeper into the story and he talks of wages similar to those of builders laborers, many of whom are on about $80 an hour here in Victoria'
Add to that as on costs such as leave pay and leave loading, cost of super and sick pay etc.
It will cost the ship owner about $110 per hour at that rate.

So a 40 hour week will cost about $4400 per man.
28 day month $132,200

Wonderful if you can get that but with costs like that the items you carry will be so expensive you will never sell them.

But as said this is from a poli.